By track four, I was prepared to write this album off in three sentences about how the Black Eyed Peas were far past their prime, if ever they even had one, and that they should really hang it up. Then “Someday” came on and suddenly I was transported to a BEP Dance Party/Rave I hadn’t intended on attending and lo, the groove ensued.
I was going to do a list of my favorite songs of 2009, but who needs that when there was so much FANTASTIC pop music this year that I haven’t said a word about? Ok, so pretty much I’m completely embarrassed by this list, but I would be in denial if I didn’t make it. You see, this year wasn’t just a year where I really immersed myself into new music, but it was also the year where I came back around to loving pop music. It was a good time to do so, because, honestly, the genre has changed a lot, or maybe I just have a more ironic sense of humor nowadays. Either way, for three months this year I worked at a restaurant that forced me to listen to pop music for five hours straight each day I worked, and this particular station replayed the same songs again and again and again and again. Where I should have grown to hate the music, it actually ended up accompanying me through many of the events that transpired the rest of the year. So here’s a top 15 that would, if not for slave labor in an ice cream shop, never have been!
An Ocean of Noise 